Erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries, kiwis and many red fruits, also apparently exists in a giant molecular cloud of gas and dust near the center of our galaxy, some 26,745 light-years from Earth. This marks the first time a sugar has been seen in interstellar space. The results have been published in Nature Astronomy



Must… protect… sugar. Thieves everywhere. The strong must protect the sweet. The sweet… In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women. Hey! Get off my sugar! Bad bees! Bad! Ow! Ow!! Oh, they’re defending themselves somehow!